The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-07-06
news FROM LOVNDBSVILLE
WHAT AN ARGUS-EYED CORRESPONDENT
KNOWS OF THE THRIVING TOWN.
Negroes and Black erries-.. Der.
ries the Chief Standby.-.t:heap Ice
.-.GOod Preachers..-WiId POnies---
Thin PigS...SOciety Items.

LOwNDEsvILLE, 6. G., July Q. 1887.
The planters are now too busy To come to
town.
They are anxious to reach the goal ahead
/. e. the end of "laying by" time.
Fruit In this section has been, and still Is, rs
scarce as ever knew 1t to be. A few green
apples and that good old standby, blackber-
ricS, have made up the crop.
The housewives in and around here have
their hands full, making wine, jam, marina.
lade. &c.
ing something out Of the blackberry crop
They get from eighty cents to one dollar per
bushcl.
Some parties went seiniag in Rocky
River at Baker & Rumpey's mill few days
ago and caught a about twelve inches
long, q stranger In these parts.
Mr. w. g. Rochester who has been in charge
of the telegraph office here since IL was estab-
lished, has had "call' from Birmingham,
Ala, and has responded thereto.
Mr. j. Thompson, OF Walhalln, is now here
performing the duties of telegraph operator.
Mr.. ]. b. Franks and wife went to IGlberton,
Ga, last Friday and spent several days with
Kindred and friends.
Col. L. NJ. Rucker and son of Anderson c.
H., stopped over here for few hours en- route
to Elberton, Ga, their former home.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. @. Donald went TO Abbeyllle
last Wednesday on a shopping and other bus
Mrs. II. b. Clinkscaes and her sister, Miss
Britt, went by rail last Thursday TO visit their
fathers family. at or near Troy.
Mrs. b. G. Kay and Mrs. Or. o. r. Horton
went to Anderson to visit their sister, Mrs.
Jas. Sadler, who Is sick.
Mr.. A. l.. Latimer is about the only repre-
sentative that this section had at the Due
West commencement.
The travelling thrashers have about wound
up their annual summer campaign, ana VIII
soon rest from their labors.
Some of our folk are having ice shipped TO
them from Augusta, Ga., about twice n week.
First cost. freight and meltage aggregate, laid
down, about seventy-five cents per hundred
pounds.
Rev. w. S. Martin has become possessed OF
a Texas pony He, with several others. was
out yesterday evening trying to "break" II.
Did not make much progress, however. He
intends to flight 1t out on that line If 1t takes
all summer"
A few days ago DR.. B. A. Henry went to Ei-
berton 10 attend the eXhibition-the closing
exercises Of the high school ut that place.
hear that one OF the subjects discussed by
the Juveniles, Georgia's future statesmen, was
which Is better ITO chunk the crack through
which the pig goes, or the pig ITSELF" After i'm.
partially Weighing the arguments proand con,
the president decided that the "crack' boys
ought to 60 to the "pig" boys or the "pig"
boys ought to go to the "crack" boys. A very
lucid decision.
The times are now rather dull, and this re-
porter Is correspondngly short of locals but
we look for better times soon, as protracted
meetings will soon be in order. How unfortu-
nate It is that every picture must have n dark
as well as Il bright side to 1t. What is bless.
ing to us, our part, OF creation Is also bane
to another. These meetings also usher In the
era Of great mortality to the chicken tribe:
TROUPE.